Category: ASIANS

“President Donald Trump somehow made time to mock Asian leaders, who hosted him on his recent trip, during a speech meant to promote GOP tax bills moving through Congress.

Trump, speaking to a crowd Wednesday in St. Charles, Missouri, diverged from his topic to say he’d advised several Asian leaders to boost their defense spending.

Trump even did his own imitation of the leaders, hunching his shoulders and looking around the room wide-eyed ― a mocking gesture that seemed to imply that the officials did not comprehend his words.” MORE

“WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is taking steps and considering a range of further actions over Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority, including targeted sanctions under its Global Magnitsky law, the State Department said on Monday.

“We express our gravest concern with recent events in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and the violent, traumatic abuses Rohingya and other communities have endured,” it said in a statement.” MORE